A method to evaluate reflex excitability of the human ankle plantarflexors despite changes in maximal activation capacities

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-99

  Lambertz, Daniel ^a   Goubel, Francis ^a   Pérot, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Reflex excitability; Sinusoidal length perturbation; Stretch reflex; Triceps surae; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0036253752     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-001-0960-1     Document Type: Article

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